This has annoyed me since the dawn of time, aka my parents’ Datsun Cherry. But
today we will get to the bottom of it.

I ask a variety of car experts. One thinks it’s to allow for modifications for
boy racers. Nonsense. Another says it’s because we like to have the dial
pointing up when we’re on the motorway. Ridiculous. So I call VW, which
points the finger at shared parts. “Because the speedometers are used across
various models, it will in some cases show a vastly greater